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The Fink Center sponsors and hosts numerous other talks and conferences throughout the year. If you would like to partner with the Fink Center on an event, please contact fink.center@anderson.ucla.edu.

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Laurence D. Fink Corporate Governance Letter 2018

As the 30th year anniversary of Blackrock approaches, Larry Fink released his 2018 Letter to CEOs. "To prosper over time, every company must not only deliver financial performance, but also show how it makes a positive contribution to society."

On November 10th, ASAM students visited professionals at Research Affiliates in Newport Beach. Students are pictured with Rob Arnott, Chairman and CEO.

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UCLA Anderson Back-to-Back ACG Cup Champions

Defending the Title

"Expectations were high when Jeremy Mau (’17) and I decided to enter the 2017 ACG Cup to defend the title for UCLA Anderson: In 2016 Jeremy and UCLA Anderson classmates David Shin (’17) and Kyle Patterson (’17) claimed the hard-won prize. With my teammate determined to win the cup back-to-back — which has never been done before — and having interned with the competition’s main sponsor, Houlihan Lokey, I knew there could be no slip-ups or hesitation if we wanted to bring the cup back home."

UCLA Anderson Students Visit Berkshire Hathaway and Meet the Oracle of Omaha

On January 22nd, select students from Anderson, including myself, were invited to attend a Q&A with Warren Buffett in Omaha, Nebraska. This was a once in a lifetime opportunity to meet with the Oracle of Omaha, and he did not disappoint; he answered all the questions with such immense intelligence, wit, and charm, it was sometimes hard to believe his 85 years, but easy to understand how he has become one of the most successful investors of all time.

In Buffett’s view, the luckiest person in the world is the baby being born today. He compared the real GDP per capita of when he was born in 1930 to today, which has increased six-fold in that time. Therefore, each person living today has a better standard of living than John D. Rockefeller, when you factor in access to medicine, technology, etc.

Buffett also imparted his view that it is best to invest money over the long-run, buying good businesses, rather than worrying about what will happen to the stock market in two years, and then donate most of it at the end – in order to maximize wealth and then distribute it. Considering that Buffett is well known for his philanthropy, this was hardly surprising that he would advise this.

However the most surprising and resonating comment from the Oracle was that, in his opinion, the best decision he every made was when he married his wife. He spoke in length about the importance of personal happiness and well-being, and nostalgically quoted “Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.”

That being said, as our lunch concluded, photos were taken, and Buffett prepared himself to leave the room he left us with these words “Buy low. Sell high”, and with a cheeky grin, he waved goodbye.